#1 New Release on Amazon · Sophie Brody Medal Nominee
WHITE.
BLONDE.
JEW.
A Call to End Extremism, Speak Up, and Reclaim Center
The labels used to silence her became the title. Alyssa Rosenheck's call to stop looking away.
Out now · BenBella / Simon & SchusterAvailable wherever books are sold
Shopping at an independent bookstore? Ask for it by ISBN: 978-1-63774-832-9
About the BookSilence is complicity.
She refuses both.
When a coordinated literary boycott began targeting Jewish authors, Alyssa Rosenheck didn't step back. She stepped forward and wrote White. Blonde. Jew.
This is not a passive memoir. It is a deeply personal excavation of identity, media manipulation, extremism, antisemitism, and the weaponization of language itself, written by someone who has been on the front lines, literally. Rosenheck has traveled repeatedly to the Gaza envelope, meeting with hostage families, combat heroes, and survivors of the October 7th massacre. Their refusal, and hers, to be silenced forms the spine of this book.
WHITE.
A wake-up call for anyone watching ideology replace curiosity in their schools and communities.
BLONDE.
The heartbeat of the book: owning your identity without being owned by it, in a world that reduces people to their optics.
JEW.
The section that cuts deepest. Personal stories, history, grief, and moral reckoning, and a path forward grounded in truth.
The book
they tried
to silence.
In July 2026, a Nashville bookstore canceled the launch event for White. Blonde. Jew., reverse engineering security concerns. The ADL documented the cancellation in its report on the exclusion of Jewish voices from American publishing.
The book went on to become a #1 New Release on Amazon and a nominee for the American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature.
Source: ADL State of the Arts, “Missing Chapter” report
Ask Your Local Bookstore84%
of Americans say they'd buy a book that interests them even if it includes Jewish topics or characters.
ADL State of the Arts survey of 951 U.S. adults, July 2026
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FOR BOOK CLUBSMADE FOR The CONVERSATION
Every chapter closes with discussion questions built on Alyssa's P.A.C.E. framework, so your group can move from hard topics to real conversation.
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Book Club Takeaways:
A framework for examining extremism
A vocabulary for understanding antisemitism
A framework for speaking up when silence is easier
A conversation about protecting Western values
Alyssa Rosenheck
ABOUT THE AUTHORAlyssa Rosenheck is a bestselling author, advocate, and one of Architectural Digest's Top 50 Interior and Architectural Photographers in the United States. She is the author of The New Southern Style (Abrams) and White. Blonde. Jew.
A two-time ADL Hero Against Hate honoree and a founding member of Artists Against Antisemitism, she has traveled to Israel repeatedly since October 7 to bear witness, helped stop two BDS resolutions at the city council level, and speaks to audiences across the country about extremism, antisemitism, and finding the courage to speak up.
Stay in the ConversationRead Alyssa on Substack
Essays, event dates, and new writing on extremism, antisemitism, and reclaiming center.